the ruler of egypt, a supreme god of the muslim brotherhood. nothing about him that entitles him to the presidency. he was just demand that the muslim brotherhood put up for election. lou: in the white house today, and i want to get your assessment, the white house press spokesman said, we are concerned about dictatorial power. we are concerned about it. we raised those concerns. he also said, the president has not spoken with him since the cease-fire or since he acquired those new powers. what is your perception of what the white house is doing in this response? >> well, come to say i'm concerned about what he is doing, we have a kind of a prominent position in egyptian politics. we have sway over egypt, money that we invested. let's face it. the egyptians have always played a very shrewd game. they did it under mubarak and not doing it. it is the equivalent of two big to fail. a big country, very important country. bacon's defense at any time. we keep hoping, but they don't. and i think there is not really my said the white house can do. lou: